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Police Officer Assaulted While Making Arrest

08-17-2006:

Sweeny
Police Sergeant James Bills was assaulted on Thursday, August 17,
2006, at approximately 3:35
p.m. in the 300 block of N. Main Street in Sweeny while attempting to
arrest a man for trespassing. The man, Chad Allen Boening, a
23-year-old Sweeny resident, had been banned earlier in the day from
the Family Dollar store because of offensive language and disorderly
behavior he exhibited while inside the store.

When police
responded to a call that he was back in the store after being banned, Sgt.
Bills approached Boening and attempted to arrest him for Criminal Trespass,
a misdemeanor. After one handcuff had been secured around Boening
wrist, he broke free from the officer, struck the officer with the handcuffs to prevent
his arrest, and then fled westbound on Fourth Street on foot.

Numerous deputies
with the Brazoria County Sheriff's Department responded to the call for
assistance. Boening was quickly located and arrested while attempting
to return home on County Road 332 outside of Sweeny.

Sgt. Bills was
treated at the scene by Sweeny EMS for numerous lacerations to his arm and
hand.

Boening was
charged with Assault on a Public Servant, a Third Degree Felony, Resisting
Arrest, a Class A Misdemeanor, and Criminal Trespass, a Class B Misdemeanor.
Boening was transported to the Brazoria County Detention Center in Angleton
to await
arraignment.